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Subject: Re: Earthquake - N1VG IGATE down
From: "Spider" <spider@rivcom.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 16:36:47 -0700
X-Message-Number: 20
Earthquakes are being shown on FireNet down to zero magnitude....fyi. Have
been monitoring the details.
I hope you stay safe!
Jim, WA6OFT
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Subject: RE: Renamed - RJ45 vs DB9
From: WA8LMF2@aol.com
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 18:50:52 EST
X-Message-Number: 21
In a message dated 12/22/2003 10:05:48 AM Pacific Standard Time,
scott@opentrac.org writes:
>Ireally don't see the problem. I wired up a DB9 to RJ11 for my
>digitraveler and I'm sure the RJ11 side took me less time. And I'm pretty
>good with a soldering iron. Crimping sets aren't that expensive, and it's
>easy to do. Just make sure you've got all the conductors lined up and cut
>off evenly before you slide them in, and make sure they go all the way in
>before crimping.
I'm not concered with the time -- it's the ability to do it reliably at all.
As it happens, 4 (FOUR) of the 6 cables with RJ-11 connectors that came
with two Digitravellers (PDA edition) I bought were defective out of the
box!
The cables involved were made with the very thin round
slightly-rubbery-feeling Walkman-type headphone cable that consists of two
stranded conductors surrounded by a braided shield (same as the GPS cable
with molded 2.5mm plug that comes with a Kenwood D700 ).
In every case, one of the conductors had wandered from one channel in the
RJ connector housing to the adjacent one, and was severed when the cable
was crimped. And this was in a factory setting with (presumably) more
advanced tooling than the average home user would have access to.....
Just reinforces what I said in my last post....
Stephen H. Smith wa8lmf (at) aol.com
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Subject: Re: SmartBeaconing and corner pegging
From: "hasan schiers" <schiers@netins.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 09:17:03 -0600
X-Message-Number: 22
Is there anything in the algorithim's being used that prevents someone
driving around town from deluging the RF network? We have had a few people
try corner pegging and it just overwhelmed the RF network with tons of
packets that accomplished little or nothing.
Unless there is some restraint built into the software, there is a
significant potential for destructive interference....all so someone can
watch turns being made?
I fail to see the fascination with "corner pegging", other than as an
intellectual exercise. The practical implementation and effects when driving
around in a city are disastrous (at least if this concept is implemented as
we have seen it in our area before). Wide3-3, several turns per minute,
going on for 15 or 20 minutes at a time...eeuucchh!
If it must be implemented, perhaps it can be defaulted to OFF and require a
deliberate action on the part of the user to take over the local rf
frequency. If it defaults to on, it won't be long before the smart digi
network will budlist the offenders....and they won't have any idea why.
Corner pegging (on a large scale) looks to me like a traffic wreck waiting
to happen.
....hasan, N0AN
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Subject: Re: [SPAM] aprssig digest: December 20, 2003
From: "hasan schiers" <schiers@netins.net>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2003 10:41:55 -0600
X-Message-Number: 23
Save yourself some aggravation....we all used to run WinAPRS in our local
area. Now, if you look at a map, you will see that of the 21 or so locals
running aprs, 19 are running ui-view32, one running dosAPRS, and one the
linux version. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to explain this highly
skewed distribution of client software.
You should consider UI-View32, which works perfectly with PM 6.0 (and 5.0).
It is fast, bug free, solid as a rock, feature rich and dirt cheap (about
xx bucks). UI-View32 is everything one could want in a windows based aprs
program. Support is phenomenal (3rd party add-ons, mailing list, and
author) and program development has been nothing short of astounding. I
have run it under both Win98SE and WinXP home. I have never had a crash or
hang with UI-View32.
Give it a try, you won't be sorry...
hasan, N0AN
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